Fastening conducting mechanism



March 6, 1928.

FASTENING CONDUCTING MECHANI SM Fliled March 13 1926 y Mgg/TUR lo the 'inserting or heeling Y 50 and-which may `"is the present Patented Mvar. 6, Y1,928. UNITED-'STA y ELMER R. Porn, oF HAMIL'iJoN,

" CHINER'Y o'oRPonA'rIoN, or. rnTEBsoN, New JERSELA, coRroaA'rIoN onfNEw JERSEY.

' f' rAsTENINeCpNDUcTIG M'Eoiinmsm. I

s f-Apiuicatibnalea ifarehfla'iss.' seriaiNo. 94,524.v i

y lThis invention relates l'to mechanism, for,

4to a predetermineddesign. The attachment of heels-to 4shoes calls kforthe employment of a Vmechanism of this character; Since .design 'varies'. with changes in heel sizes, itcis necessary to correspondingly-'alter the conductingwmecha- I nism. Objectsof 'my invention are to furnish a. mechanism which will, in unitary form v and as a partei' the machine which it is to serve, give the desired nailV or fasteningdeliveri-ng 'arrangements'ffor allthe designs upon which the machine'iste/operate, this being-ei`ected by simple', easily adjusted means compactly arranged. In the ,attain- I combine with meansV ment oi' these objects, through which` thel :fastenings .are delivered 'from a source, a pluralityoil groups of conduits Vmovable in a .novel manner to bring any lone` of the-"groups vinto. co-operationi with Vsuch delivering 1neans.At one extrem- -ity,the openings of these groups ofconduits are arrangedin accordance with' "different 'fastening-inserting designs, while at the opposite extremity theopenings of the 'conduits occupya mean position; that is, theymay: be. substantially midway betweenv the .v

extremes employed for the largest yandsmallest of the objects to `be jattached. xAs herein illustrated, .these conduits,

-flexiblextubes, are insection's, certain 'of whichreceive .the fastenings lin the deinite.v vdelivered fromv dif-v relation in vwhich theyfarethe source, as ina row, and terminate in 4o ferent positions, which Vmay or'mayl not be the mean previously mentioned. kOther sections, preterably arranged in groups, conj .tinue those first mentionedfand terminate in accordance with aV fastening-inserting'design or designs. VIn such' an organization, thegroups ofi tubes or tube-sections .which furnish f the different `designsshould be movable Arelatively to thosev delivering to them. -The arrangementwhich I prefer4 for these, be applicable to other* purposes than the present, the tubesaboutan axislying within each of the groups. In this way, the space occupied by the mechanism may be minimized. In embodiment yof `the invention', a

of the tubes 48j enter .openings which v'may'. be:

'involves ymovement of- Y ber.' Vto' the .tube common to all thegroups provides' an all. theftubeigroups. I v y 1 Inthe accompanying drawing, which discloses apar-tisular .form of the invention," i 'j l,I1`1g51is av top vplan viewfof my improved' .conducting mechanism; ff Y I f' y axis about fwhich rotatesafturretl carrying 1 ...Figg21is a vertical section therethroughv on'the n parts-oa heel-attaching machinefand nailloadingtinechanismincluded;V

Fignk isA a -partialsection angles to FigLQ; and f 1 Fig. 4 is a top planview'of they lower disk of the turret. I lVhjile {it} isi by.k no means limited to. such use, I havechosen to show this conducting `-m'echanismf associated withaV heeling Vmachine .supplied with the attaching 'nails from :a -block'-'loade'r,v thisV being,"` for, example, as

earsin UnitedV States' Patent No. 51,325,751', vPope,December 23, 1919'. Of vthis app vmachine I haveflillustrated only ,a portion of thezframeyl() andthe block 32,in the'open-V wings. 33 of whichv the lna'ils .to be .driven Iby 'the machine are carried, andare deliveredv Vload by load throughopenin'gs y40'in* atplate 28. These openings extend in -afrow transline'II--II of Fig. l, with certain r a taken .aty right verselyo said plate,and -registernwith the upper' ends-lof conduits 48, Ywhich may kbe in ythe form, of flexible tubes-carried'in'openings y' in a frame or'holder 94 mountedat the under 'A The llower extremities p y 96 in 'af footplate 98, this i foot-plate beingH preferably circular and,`

iside" of the plate 28.1-,

the ltubes 48 (terminates yat' itsl lower a vtube 102 depend-L Aboutl this tube ,102.the plate-'section 1'00'is` rotatable, being p furnishing. th'ebottom ofgthe im holder. i Therarrangement of these-openings V96.will later be described. `Upon the fixed `sectiony 9810ithe. foot-plate isr supported a 4movable sectionyl00,`which carries a pluralitykof groups ottubesjor conduit-sections. adapted to continue the fixed sections 48.

yce'nterof the footin the -i`or1n of a'turret lmade 11p-oan upper f disk 104 and a lower disk 106 suitably spaced vand'held in constant angular relation vto eachA im 'l other. The lower disk l06'is pierced by a ..pluralityotl groups of openings 108,'1the openingsof .each-group'pbeing equal in num- Y nails tol be employed'- in attaching gai heel, and each group beingv differently ar'- soQ' uo .l

indicated in Fig. 4 of the drawings, Where two adjacent groups are outlined by dot and.

tube-sections 110 tov 20.

ranged, corresponding to the variousl nailing designs required for a run of sizes of heels to be` attached by the machine to be supplied.V

The relation betweenthesegroups of designopeniiigswill depend upon the, number Which-are to be employed, as Well as the particular arrangement of each;

sectorsV of the disk 106 with the opening corresponding to the nail Which is to secure the rear of asheelto be attached located inthe tube 102. -Consequently, this tube is common to all the groups of design-openings,a1id furnishes1 an axis about which they rotate by virtueioflfl the turret movement. yThe rear vheel-n ail, it vshould be remembered, .occupies the same position for all sizes. The groups of openings 108 are joined by conduits or inthe-top disk 104.y Lilie thel lovvergroups of openings, the V,upperl share theftube 102 in common. The remainder of the openings of all groups are idential in arrangement With the foot-.plate-openings 196, and-,in the rota-A tion of the turret 100 may be lselectively `brought intoy registration .Y therewith. The

positions occupiedby the .openings v96-and 112 in leach group correspond substantially `toa mean betweentlie extremes of the largest and smallest of the groups of openings 108. By the utilization of such a relation, the

tubes 110`1eading toall' the grou-psof lower disk-openings may" :be -kept sufficiently straight toavoid interference Withfthe passage of nails through them. At the .saine "time, a moderate curvature. is obtained for 'the tube-sections 48 leadingto-t-he straight row of plate-openings 40. The forms as- I Vopenings 112 in ythe turret-With sumed by the groups of openings 108 and the relation; of -these groups to each vothei are dot-.and-dasli lines, respectively. In Fig. `1 appears .the outline, in dashlines, of a single group of openings 112 or of the openings 96.

Selective registration of the groups of in 'thefoot-.plate yis permitted by a springy lactuated latch 114, mounted upon the plate nailing design he wishes l .heels-to lie attached, releases, if necessary,

be indicated by designations oneof a series formed about the periphnd arranged to engage fany, of .depressions 116 kery-ofithe disk 104. In using the mechanism, thefoperator, having-determined What to employ for the the turret .100 from the latch 114, and rotates the former until the group of openings 112 connected. with the desired design-openings 108 is brought into registration with the foot-plate-openings 96. These settings may Y upon the periphery vofy the turret adjacent livery of nails from the block 32, the loads but generally it, may be saidv that they occupy overlapping groups of openings 112 the group 96l Y to the depres- `vsions 116: VVlienthus selected, the turretv is's'ecuredby .the latch.y N 0W, upon the depassione ,byy one through thetube-sections 48 l and alined chosen group of sections 110, p

andA fall through the disk-openings 108 into lthe receiving openings` ofa loader-block 1 18 carried byqa lmovable loader-arm y120ju'pon theframe of .the heeling machine.k thisy loader-block th ey .may Vbe transferred tov the nailing mechanism in the usual manner.

It 1 Will bev observed-that, without lremovalorrefrom the delivering mechaof groups of conduits movableabout 'an' axis-lying .Within ,thev groups. toybring any,

one of. said groups into co-.operation with fthe delivering means, 'the openings at one extremity of said groups of conduits being yarranged in 'accordance 4with different .fas-V tening-inserting designs,.while the openings f atftlie opposite extreinityof the conduits .are

arranged .inv a n'ie'an position between such different designs.V

' if 2. VIn a fastening-conducting Vlmechanism,

means arranffedto deliver fastenincs indefi-fV l nite relative positions, conduit-sections re- -eeiving fastenings from 'the deliveringimeans 1 and terminating in an arrangement :differing therefrom, and groups l'of conduit-sections ion movable about onevof the sections, any one l of Whichgroups Vmay be-caused to. extend the sections first mentioned.k 'v f In -a fastening-conductingineclianiSIn,

means arranged to delivei'fastenin'gs in definite relative positions, `conduit-sections g receiving fastenings :from 4the .delivering means and*v terminating in `an arrangement differfing therefrom, 4groups of` conduit-sections each'terminating in a fastening-insertingfdesign different *from the' and any one of Which' groups may be :caused to extend the.l sections'frst associated vrgroups mounting kfor `all they conduit-sectionsvupon which they are Y constantly carried'.

4.V In a fastening-conducting mechanism, means arranged to deliver fastenings in definite relative positions, 'conduit-sections:re-

ceiving fastenings from? the Ydeliveringmeans and'terminating in an arrangement-'differing therefrom, f and tions rotatable about one ofthe sections, each group terminatingin a fasteninginserting designfdifferent.from the associatedlgroups andany groups. ofV conduit-sec- 'one of Whichgroups '-7 may* be causdft? `extcndfthe sections firstV "l mentioned. Y

i 5i In email-conducting' mechanism,A nailliao inentioned,.and a 1,15 l

the openings,.each tube including a pluraly delivering means, lnail-tubes leading therefrom, and a foot-plate in Whichrthe tubes terminate, said foot-plate having al fixed section and a movable section through which f the delivered nails pass-.

6. In a nail-conductingmechanism, nail-'1 treiiiity beii'ig arranged in accordance r,with

different nailing designs.

7. In a nail-loading mechanism, 'a'.vdeliv-4 ering member having openings arranged in a row, flexible tubes leading from the openings,'each`tube includinga plurality of sec-V tions relatively movable independently of each other, and a holder upon which the plural tube-sections are mounted together.

8. In a nail-loading mechanism, a delivering member having openings arranged in a row, a frame mounted below the'deliveryopenings, and flexible tubes. leading from ity of sections relatively movable upon the frame independently of each other,l the terminal sections being arranged in a plurality of groups. y 9. In a nail-loading mechanism, a nailblock having rows of nail-holding openings,

a member having openings Corresponding to Y a row of' block-openings and with which said rows may be successively alined, and tubes leading from the openings, each tube including a plurality of sections relatively movable indepe-ndeutlyof each other andwith the delivery-ends of each section having ay relation tc one-another different fromthe rows of openings. y

l0. A. fastening-conducting mechanism comprising fastening-delivering conduits,

' a'roW of block-openings and With which said 'and a plurality of groups of other conduits to'whicli those irstfmentioned may deliver,

each group being arranged in accordancek each group being arranged in accordance name to this specification.

with Ya different fastening-inserting design about axis lying withina lconduitincluded y in each group. v

l2. In a nail-conducting mechanism, a

-nail-tube-turret comprising groups of ,tubes in vwhich there is a tube vvcommon to aplu-v i'ality'of groups. l.

Q13; In a nail-conducting mechanism,- a nail-tube-turret comprising groups-of tubes in kwhich'there is a tube common to a plurality of groups, suclicommon tube furnishing the axis of the turret'.

f* 14.1In anail-loading mechanism, deliver- I ing tubes, va foot-plate provided with openings to lreceive the tubes, a tube fixed upon' the foot-plate, and a plurality of"groups of tubes movable about the fixed tube.

. Y l5. In a nail-loading'mechanism, delivering tubes, afjloot-plate provided withl openingsv to receive the tubes, a1 tube fixed upon the rfoot-plate, and a turrety rotatable? abouti the fixed-tube and having* a 4plurality of groups of tubes",'each group terminating iiia different nailing design including the fixed tube.

16. Ay fastening lionducting vmechanism comprising fastening delivering'. conduits,

and a plurality ,of groups of other conduits".v

to which those first mentioned deliver, each group r.being arranged atone extreiintyiir 1 .accordance witha. different fastening-insertin@ 'designaiid at tliegopposite extremity in" Y 17.' In a 1nailloadin,f mechanism,- dellverv` including one'common to all'the' groups and v. a design common to all. f

ing tubes, a stationary t'oot-plate-section profvided' with openings to receive theitubesgi.y

tube depending from the foot-plate section,

Vspaced plates rotatable about they axis of the tube and having openings differently ar- Ysus ranged in saidplates, and tubes connecting l the openings in the rotatable plates;

`18. ,Iny a nail-loading inechanism,`a nailblock ylia-ving rows *ofy nail-holding openings,

a lmen'iberhaving openings corresponding tov rows `of block-openings may .be vsuccessively .aline-d, tubes leading from 'tlie openings, a foot-plate-section in Which Ysaid tubes terminate, a tube fixed upon the .foot-plate-section, and a turret rotatable about the axis of vthe VV iixedltube and provided withV groups of tubes each including the fixed element and "ioo In testimony *whereof Iliave signed my. Y. 

